Impact of renal mass biopsy on decision-making experience for clinical T1 renal masses.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Due to uncertainty on best management, a subset of patients with small renal masses suspicious for kidney cancer experience elevated decisional conflict. We hypothesize that pathologic information from renal mass biopsy may improve patient decision-making. In this study, we evaluate the impact of renal mass biopsy on decisional conflict for patients with clinical T1 renal masses.

Materials and methods

A comparative, non-randomized clinical trial was performed at a large tertiary cancer center. Patients with new clinical T1 renal masses were self-assigned to standard-of-care biopsy. We used difference-in-difference analyses to assess change in decisional conflict scale by receipt of renal mass biopsy.

Results

Among 250 participants, 25% underwent biopsy during

SUBMITTER: Gessner KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12704500 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature